Language code: yo
Technical information about ISO 639 language code yo
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The table below provides technical details for the Yoruba language, designated by the yo code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Yoruba Native Yorùbá |
| Family | Volta-Niger |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | OyoEgbaEkitiIgbominaIjeshaIfeIjebuOndo |
| Related languages | ItsekiriIgalaOlukumiFon |
| Key facts | Written with an extended Latin alphabet that marks tones and certain consonants with diacriticsHas three level tones—high, mid, low—crucial for distinguishing meaningLiturgical chants in Afro-Brazilian and Afro-Caribbean religions preserve early Yoruba formsModern standard variety grew out of 19th-century Oyo mission-school publicationsContributed numerous words to West African Pidgins and creoles |
| Sample phrase | Báwo ni, ṣé o wà? |
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Yoruba belongs to the Niger-Congo language family, more specifically to the Volta-Niger subgroup. It is one of the major languages spoken in Nigeria and is also spoken by minority communities in Benin and Togo. It is primarily written using the Latin script. It is estimated that there are around 45 million speakers worldwide.
Language presence globally
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Yoruba speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
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- What is Localizely?
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- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and Statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- FAQ
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- What is Localizely?
- Getting started
- Localization workflow
- Translation editor
- Flutter Over-the-Air updates
- Flutter In-Context Editing
- Project branching
- Professional translation services
- Machine Translation
- AI Translation
- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- I18N Questions
- FAQ